Exodus 2:10

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¹⁰And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him ^[a]Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

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Exodus 2:10 The name Moses is a wonderful choice. It means “drawing out” in Hebrew, but in Egyptian, a similar word means “man of royalty” (e.g. the syllable “mose” in names like Thutmose).

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Exodus 2:15

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Moses Escapes to Midian

¹⁵When ^[a]Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. Then Moses fled from Pharaoh’s presence and took refuge in the land of ^[b]Midian, where he sat down by a well.

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Footnotes

Exodus 2:15 This pharaoh is likely to be identified as Thutmose III (1483-1450 b.c.).
Exodus 2:15 After Sarah died Abraham took Keturah his concubine (see note Gen 22:24) as a secondary wife. Midian was the fourth of six sons born to Keturah. Abraham gave gifts to Isaac’s half brothers and sent them eastward so that they would have no claim on Isaac’s position as Abraham’s only heir and the son of promise.

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